By MONTE DUTTON Mason Pline matches up physically against the Gamecocks. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Say what you will about Mason Pline, but he can pick ‘em, and not just by leaping up to snag passes from Tyler Huff and Carson Jones. The outsized tight end, all 6-7 and 260 pounds of him, already played for …
Tag: Furman Paladins
Keydets crumble in Paladins’ coronation
By MONTE DUTTON Paladins converge on VMI's Hunter Rice. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The game before was a triumph of will. Furman’s 37-3 victory over Virginia Military on Saturday was a coronation. The Paladins were marvelous. “When you’ve got that target on your back you’r,e supposed to win every game, and everybody’s gonna play you hard,” …
Pegues leads Paladins past Belmont
(Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ J.P. Pegues was back for the Furman Paladins in a Timmons Arena showdown against Belmont on Friday night. The junior from Nashville, Tenn., the Bruins’ locale, scored 23 points and established career bests with nine rebounds and a like number of assists as the Paladins rolled, 99-76. The victory marked Furman’s (2-0) …
Belmont to visit for early test
Marcus Foster (Elena Davidson photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman figures to get its first stern men’s basketball test at Timmons Arena on Friday night when Belmont visits for a 7 p.m. tip-off. The reigning Southern Conference champion Paladins opened on Monday night with an 84-68 victory over North Greenville. Junior Marcus Foster led the Paladins with 18 …
Ain’t no stopping now
By MONTE DUTTON Carson Jones picked up the slack for Tyler Huff (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ A football season has a life of its own. Life has been good this week. Furman became the first team in America to clinch a spot in the FCS playoffs. The Paladins’ 17-14 victory at Chattanooga was about as gallant …
Lt. Huff leads the way
E.J. Wilson (69) and Wyatt Hughes (63) protect the field general. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It’s not hard to imagine Tyler Huff leading troops. Based on his direction of the Furman University offense, he’s a natural. The Armed Forces Merit Award goes each season to the individual or group with a military background, or involvement with …
Paladins come through for Curtis in debut
Tate Walters (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It seemed a little odd to have Furman play women’s basketball without Jackie Carson on the bench, but all was in order as Pierre Curtis debuted with a 71-61 victory over UNC Asheville at Timmons Arena on Tuesday night. Tate Walters scored 21 points, and Niveya Henley added 18. It’s …
Paladins lower banner, hand out rings
By MONTE DUTTON Marcus Foster scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Almost the same Din time. Same Din station. Three hundred, sixty-four nights after Furman opened the 2022-23 season with the first of 28 victories, 91-55 over North Greenville, different versions of the same neighboring schools met again at Timmons …
These are the good old days
By MONTE DUTTON Colton Hinton hauls in the first of two Carson Jones touchdown passes in the fourth quarter. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ I walked the sidelines of a high-school football game on Friday night for the first time in two weeks. It was good to be back on the grind, right up to 5 a.m. …
Chattanooga: Ordeal and triumph
Cally Chizik brings down Chattanooga's Javin Whatley. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Football, at its best, is a battle of wills. It is a fascinating test of valor against adversity and unforeseen circumstance. Furman misplaced a pair of 6’s it could rely upon at the deal. Captains, those two, quarterback Tyler Huff and free …
Nightrider's Lament 